Episode 1

Hi guys, my name is Malik, I'm 30 years old, an Afro-descendant gay man who works as an English teacher in a primary school.

Currently, I am married to the boss of the Russian mafia. How did I get myself into this mess?

Well, let me start from the beginning,

how I ended up in this city and in the middle of all this confusion.

It all started 14 years ago when I was still in school. As you can imagine, it was tough being a poor, black, and gay boy in school. But in my final year, it seemed like luck had begun to smile on me. A boy from the fight club approached me and asked me out.

After that, we started dating, and he stood up for me at school, I made new friends, and was experiencing my first love. David and I were inseparable, always together. When I turned 18, he asked for my hand in marriage, and despite being young, I accepted. We were going to get married and live together during our college years, it was going to be tough but we were willing to go through everything together.

I lived with my older sister Latifah and my brother-in-law Malcom, my sister was never very fond of David, but she put up with him because she knew I loved him.

Everything was ready for our wedding day, I was so happy and nervous at the same time. I dedicated myself wholeheartedly to this marriage, I handpicked every flower, every fabric, every decoration item. Everything was perfect just as I had always dreamed.

One day before the wedding, two of my friends came to my house, accompanied by two of David's friends.

My friends were furious, and his friends were laughing and bragging, and I couldn't understand what was going on.

"Malik, we just left David's house, and he's there with another guy."

"What? What do you mean, Roger?"

"We went there to plan a surprise for you. All the groomsmen were going to dance for you at the party, but when we arrived, we saw a car in the garage. We looked through the window and saw them having sex on the couch." - Mike

"Stop being ridiculous, Malik, he's just enjoying his bachelor party, you two are getting married, right? so let the guy have fun, come on."

I couldn't believe it, David wouldn't do something like that to me, he loved me so much and had always been faithful, there was no reason for me not to trust him.

I decided to go there and clear up any misunderstanding, one of David's friends was filming, thinking it would make a good comedy video. Throughout the recordings, I kept saying how absurd the idea of David cheating on me was. I talked about how much we loved each other and how he had always been faithful and true to me, smiling the whole time.

I loved David so much, I gave myself to him with body, soul, and heart. I gave myself entirely to him, and he reciprocated by loving me and being my best friend and life partner.

I arrived and saw the car that I didn't recognize, but I didn't let that shake me, I climbed the steps of the sidewalk, and tried to open the door, it was locked, I went to the side window to call David when I saw it.

It was my fiance, the man I loved and believed blindly, he was there, completely naked, kissing and penetrating a boy who looked younger, with bleached hair and moaning as if he were being tortured.

There, in front of that window, all my dreams were shattered, the house I had built in my heart came crashing down right before my eyes.

My world ended, the sight of him there having sex with another man in front of me will be seared into my memory for the rest of my life.

I felt all the joy and will to live being sucked out of me, I felt like I had died inside. I stood there, looking at that scene without being able to move.

When David saw me, he just hung his head, covered himself, and covered the guy who was with him, when I saw their movement, it seemed like I had come out of a trance, I gathered what little remained of me and my dignity and left there, in silence, without a scene, without shouting, and without physical aggression.

Before getting into the car, I heard David screaming in desperation, turning me around to look into my eyes. It seemed like he saw all the sadness and pain I was feeling at that moment, unable to say anything but with regret written all over his face. He seemed to realize the extent of his actions and how much it had cost.

I went home, locked myself in, and cried. I cried so much that I thought the tears would never dry up. My sister took care of canceling everything and informing the guests.

I spent days without leaving my room, without eating, and without stopping crying.

David tried calling me, sent multiple messages apologizing and begging me not to cancel everything. But I couldn't even bear to look at him at that moment, so I just ignored him.

A week later, I thought that was enough crying and suffering, and decided to get up and live. In two weeks, I would start college and needed to prepare myself. I went to campus to finalize some details of my enrollment. On my way back, as I walked through the halls, I noticed several people looking at me - some with mockery, some with pity, and some with pure hatred. Not understanding anything, I just went home. As soon as I walked in, my sister threw herself into my arms.

"Darling, are you okay?"

"Well, I don't think I'll ever be okay again, but why all the drama, what's going on?"

"You didn't bring your phone, did you?"

"No, I left it charging."

From her expression, it was something bad. I ran to grab my phone, which was filled with messages like:

"I'm so sorry"

"Don't forgive him when he comes back crying"

"Slap them in the face"

"How are you?"

"Are you okay?"

I didn't understand until I opened the link they sent me. Someone had posted the entire recording of when I found out about David's betrayal, now filled with stickers and idiotic comments about me.

Just when I thought it couldn't get worse, the college dean approached me, offering a place in another school far from that city and that man.

That's how I ended up in New York, completing my college education here and now teaching 4th-grade children.

Oh, before I forget, this is me, Malik.

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